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Evaluation of responses to threats to Australia’s biodiversity

Final Report

The National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) initiated this project as part of the 2008 NLWRA National Biodiversity Assessment. The overall objective of the project was to: Assess the biodiversity outcomes of selected institutional responses to the threats to Australia’s terrestrial biodiversity. In this context, the aim was to (more)...

Trialling a framework and indicators for wetland extent, distribution and condition in Western Australia

The project ‘Development of National Indicators for Wetland Ecosystem Extent, Distribution and Condition’ is a collaborative project involving the National Land & Water Resources Audit (NLWRA), Department of the Environment and Water Resources (DEWR) and the Wetlands & Waterbirds Taskforce (WWTF). The project seeks to develop nationally consistent and (more)...

NSW Review and Testing of Proposed Indicators of Wetland Extent, Distribution and Condition

Final Report

The objectives of these trials are to: 1. Report on the application of the proposed framework (using conceptual models) and themes with respect to their utility in reporting on wetland extent, distribution and condition at the regional level and/or state level. 2. A desktop study of proposed indicators that will: • Review available data for the indicator at the trial regional level • Review possible measures for the indicator • Report on the (more)...

The Lagoons of the outer Darwin Area, NT

Trialing a Framework and Indicators for Wetland Extent, Distribution and Condition at the Regional Level - Final Milestone Report

The project presented in this Final Milestone Report is part of the National Wetland Indicators Project regional trials, trialing the National framework and indicators for wetland extent, distribution and condition on the lagoons in the Darwin region. Indicator Themes 1-5 (catchment disturbance, physical disturbance, hydrological disturbance and the fringing zone) were reported on in detail in Milestone Report 2 for all of the lagoons in the study area. This report contains the final (more)...

Knowledge gaps and opportunities

For research to inform and position Australian primary industries to respond to a future national greenhouse emissions trading scheme

This report prepared for the National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries by the Australian Farm Institute outlines the knowledge needed for Australian primary industries to respond to the imminent implementation of a national emissions trading scheme. The report also provides information about the implications of a national emissions trading scheme for Australian primary industries, including increases in the costs of energy and energy-dependant farm inputs. The (more)...

The relationship between community vitality, viability and health, and natural resources and their management

Final report

This Final Report presents: (i) key findings from a Literature Review that explores the nature of people’s interactions with natural resources, viewed from individual and community perspectives, with special attention given to the concept of community vitality, viability and health (VVH); (ii) suggested headline and supporting indicators for testing as to their suitability in assessing community VVH and its contribution to (more)...

Assessment of the National Land Salinity Indicators in Tasmania

In early 2006 the National Land and Water Resources Audit commissioned a project in each state to trial the applicability of the recommended indicators and protocols for the evaluation of land salinity under the National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. The four land salinity indicators trialled were depth to groundwater, groundwater salinity, baseflow salinity and location size and intensity of salt affected areas. In Tasmania, the trial was undertaken in the Back Creek Catchment, which is (more)...

Signposts for Australian Agriculture Stage 2a

Refinement of preliminary framework and industry profiles to include pathways to ESD

This report describes refinements to the design of the framework in response to the structured consultations, BRS work with the grains industry, and the recommendations of the ABARE review and investigates three additional features: Opportunities and threats that could affect an industry’s contributions to ecologically sustainable development ( (more)...

Signposts for Australian Agriculture Stage 3a

Completion of three industry profiles

This stage of Signposts (Stage 3a) focuses on the creation of industry profiles of the horticulture, beef and dairy industries and aims to demonstrate the potential of Signposts as a provider of quick and reliable information for government and industry policy makers. This report documents the process behind the development of those profiles including consultation and reviews by the Australian National University and Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stage 3a builds upon the Grains Industry (more)...

Information Needs of Rangeland NRM Regions (2007)

The Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System’s (ACRIS) was established in 2001 to collate and analyse data for reporting change in the Australian rangelands. ACRIS also aims to understand and explain the reasons for reported change. ACRIS is the first attempt at building a systematic picture of the current state of the rangelands in regards to how, where, and at what rate they are changing (more)...